Bill Text: TX SB767 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to accounting for costs incurred by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a result of the presence in this state of persons who are not lawfully present in the United States.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-22 - Referred to Finance [SB767 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB767-Introduced.html
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| By: Huffines | S.B. No. 767 | |
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| relating to accounting for costs incurred by the Texas Department | ||
| of Criminal Justice as a result of the presence in this state of | ||
| persons who are not lawfully present in the United States. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 493.0152 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 493.0152. ACCOUNTING FOR COSTS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. | ||
| (a) Not later than the 30th day before the first day of each regular | ||
| legislative session, the department shall issue to the speaker of | ||
| the house of representatives, the lieutenant governor, the | ||
| governor, and the attorney general a report of the financial costs | ||
| to the department incurred during the preceding two-year period | ||
| that resulted from the presence in this state of persons who are not | ||
| lawfully present in the United States. | ||
| (b) The report must include a separate accounting for the | ||
| costs to the department incurred in specific categories of spending | ||
| as determined by the department. | ||
| (c) On request of the department, the comptroller shall | ||
| assist the department in preparing the report. | ||
| SECTION 2. This state recognizes that it is the | ||
| responsibility of the federal government to maintain the security | ||
| of the national border to prevent unlawful entry of persons and | ||
| finds that the federal government should reimburse this state for | ||
| expenditures by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice made | ||
| necessary by the presence of persons in this state who are not | ||
| lawfully present in the United States. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
